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We must love, as looking one day to hate.
We must love, as looking one day to hate.
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who read more
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who on earth can say I am not pious?"
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.
[Take heed of still waters, they quick pass away.]
Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.
[Take heed of still waters, they quick pass away.]
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
